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Forum's 18th Annual Conference

Forum's 18th Annual Conference

CEA will be attending Forum’s 18th Annual Conference, ready to engage our peers in a stimulating, inspiring exchange of ideas. This year’s conference theme is “Globally Interconnected: New Opportunities and the Challenge of Change.” We’re excited to lead and participate in the discussion about how to work together to reinvent and rebuild a field that prepares and empowers the next generation to contribute to a better world. 

Our attendees look forward to connecting with you and hearing about your institution’s latest updates. To schedule a meeting with any of our attendees, click on their Calendly links below. We're excited to share in the excitement and celebration of CEA's 25th Anniversary. Feel free to stop by our conference booth without an appointment to receive a special gift to commemorate the occasion.

Schedule a Meeting With CEA's Forum Attendees

Tim Boubek, Vice President - Strategic University Partnerships
Aaron Yerkes, Senior Director - University Relations 
Dr. Lou Berends, Vice President - Academic Affairs
Kira Rysiewicz, Regional Director - Central States
Laura Madden, Partnership Director - Custom Programs 
Dr. Stina DuFour, Academic Dean - Global Programs 
Eryn Kudzinski, Director of Health & Safety
Caroline Walsh, Senior Vice President - Program Development 
Enric Figueras, Vice President of Regional Programs - Spain 
Peyton Rudolph, Senior Director - Marketing

CEA Forum Conference Presentations

• Tuesday, March 22, 2022
  • Embracing the Elephant in the Room: Navigating COVID-Era Career Changes and Challenges
    1:15 PM - 2:30 PM CST (Virtual)
    • Stina M. Dufour, Ed.D., Academic Dean of Global Programs, CEA Study Abroad
    • The pandemic complicated how international educators navigate their career progression, with many colleagues losing jobs or transitioning fields. How does one plan when the future of the field is ambiguous? Learn from a panel of professionals who have navigated different transitions and enter a brave space where you can consider your own career transitions or musings. 
• Thursday, March 24, 2022
  • Enduring Partnerships: Successful Examples of Resilient Relationships in Challenging Times
    8:45 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    • Stina M. Dufour, Ed.D., Academic Dean of Global Programs, CEA Study Abroad
    • Learn how different institutions have approached successful internal and external partnerships that have stood the test of time. Understand how a private college, public university, and a provider organization have established and expanded partnerships, in step with the Forum’s Standards of Good Practice. Reflect and discuss how these lessons might apply to your institution's setting.
  • Prioritizing Mental Health, Well-being for Staff and Faculty: Lessons from Leadership to Mitigate Burnout
    3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    • Lou Berends, Ph.D., Vice President of Academic Affairs, CEA Study Abroad
    • This session explores the changing landscape of the education abroad workplace. The panelists will reframe the narrative of supporting students’ mental health and well-being to also include our staff and faculty colleagues. In these new workplace settings, we will examine managerial approaches to staff/faculty well-being, and frame self-care as a way to mitigate burnout that increases productivity.

• Friday, March 25, 2022
  • International Internships: A unique ROI for Underrepresented students going abroad
    10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    • Lou Berends, Ph.D., Vice President of Academic Affairs, CEA Study Abroad
    • The “Permanent Detour” - the long term effect underemployment has on the career trajectory of college graduates - is more acute for underrepresented students (Strada Institute, 2018) because the access to opportunities that often come from “who you know” are more modest. In this session, we will explore how internship abroad programs may create an important ROI for underrepresented students.

CEA Updates

• Programming Highlights
  • Global Business Consulting in Barcelona & Rome
  • Undergraduate Research Abroad in Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Florence, and Seville
  • First-Year Experience Abroad
  • Sciences Po Grenoble
  • Engineering in Buenos Aires (semester & summer)
  • Engineering & Math in Prague (summer)
  • Fashion Studies in Paris
  • New Destination: Cape Town, South Africa
  • New Destination: Budapest, Hungary 
• Internships Abroad
  
  
  • CAPA's London and Sydney internships are now available to CEA partners
  • CEA's newest internship program destinations: Grenoble & Madrid
  • New career fields added across internship program locations    

• 25th Anniversary
  
  
  • CEA is celebrating our 25th anniversary this year!
  • Stop by our booth (#91) for a special gift.